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Difference in CRP, random glucose, serum cholesterol, TG, HLDL-C, LDL-C, VLDL-C, neutrophil count, monocyte count, ESR, SOD (PBMC) and TBARS (RBC membrane) were found to be statistically significant (p 0.05, from regression analysis) except monocyte count (p 0.05)
Rachael Leon Guerrero, a Principal Investigator for the University of Guams recently renewed U54 cancer research grant, said two of the three research projects in the grant focus on understanding not only the effects chewing the areca nut but the behavioral aspect as wellanswering questions such as what are some of the factors that lead people to chew the areca nut, and what will it take to get them to stop
After six months, the quit rate for the intervention group was 40 percent while the control group was 21.4 percent